New support for firms forced to close by law because of coronavirus restrictions announced this afternoon by Chancellor Rishi Sunak has been welcomed by Business West, the organisation behind Bristol Chamber of Commerce. The scheme, under which the government will pay two-thirds of the wages of staff working for...
Bristol integrated services group Mobius Works has launched a new branch of the business to specialise in larger projects as main contractor. Mobius Construct, which will operate across the south of England, will allow the group to deliver projects valued at £400,000-plus, including building, construction, refurbishment, interiors and fit-out,...
Business West, the region’s largest business organisation, has launched a directory service to help signpost firms to vital advice, opportunities and support services. Back to Business is an evolution of Business West’s highly successful Trading Through Coronavirus platform, which has been visited by more than 100,000 businesses across the...
Opportunities for Bristol firms in the world’s largest economic zone – China’s Greater Bay Area – have been highlighted at an online gathering led by West of England experts. Invest Bristol & Bath (IBB), the inward investment arm of the West of England Combined Authority (WECA) teamed up with...
Restaurant chain D&D London today officially opening its £2m Klosterhaus restaurant in central Bristol – a move its directors view as a timely vote of confidence in the city’s ever-expanding food scene. Despite bars, cafés and restaurants having to adapt to changing Covid-linked restrictions – and some closing down completely...
One Big Circle, the Bristol-based ‘intelligent video’ firm, and UWE Bristol have secured funding as part of a consortium to create an innovative AI system aimed at keeping construction site staff safe at work. Dubbed Computer-Vision-SMART, the system will harness the latest real-time image and machine-learning technologies to detect,...
National law firm Clarke Willmott has appointed a new senior associate to the contentious construction team in its Bristol office. Rebecca Harries-Williams, pictured, has joined from regional law firm Foot Anstey’s Bristol office, where she spent just over five years as an associate (disputes resolution) in its projects, infrastructure...
An £8m skills programme to help Bristol businesses plan and respond to their workforce needs – particularly those triggered by the Covid-19 pandemic – is being launched by the West of England Combined Authority. Called Workforce for the Future, the free service will help small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)...
An innovative motion capture studio providing world-leading research for sectors ranging from artificial intelligence to rehabilitation and biomechanics is to be based at Bristol’s Bottle Yard film and TV studio complex. The CAMERA (Centre for the Analysis of Motion, Entertainment Research & Applications) studio will occupy a large building...
Bristol and London law firm Temple Bright has advised on the second phase of a project by long-standing client Ambulatory Surgery International (ASI) to convert offices in London’s Marylebone into a high-end healthcare day surgery and outpatient diagnostics facility. Welbeck Health, ASI’s trading name, is a day surgery start-up...
Measures in Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s Winter Economic Plan have been welcomed as “bold steps” and “a shot in the arm” for industry by the UK’s leading business groups. The CBI said it would save hundreds of thousands of viable jobs while the British Chambers of Commerce said it would...
The Winter Economic Plan announced by Chancellor Rishi Sunak today may help stave off mass unemployment, but it failed to target support to those sectors that need it most, according to the West of England’s largest business organisation. Business West, which runs Bristol Chamber of Commerce, along with other...
Chancellor Rishi Sunak has unveiled his Winter Economy Plan to help businesses and their employees as Covid-19 continues to have a devastating impact. The key points are: A Jobs Support Scheme for employees will replace the furlough scheme, which effectively paid people not to work. Under this new scheme,...
